In the 25th week of Spor Toto Super League, Medipol Başakşehir lost 2-0 against Beşiktaş at home. After the struggle, Başakşehir President Göksel Gümüşdağ made a statement to the press.
Starting his speech by congratulating Beşiktaş, President Gümüşdağ said, “We congratulate Beşiktaş. It was a game that became difficult for us when there were 10 people left in 35 minutes. When you look at it, we played a match with Gent on Thursday in which the weather conditions were harsh. My players struggled tremendously. Today, our teacher’s assessment I think it’s right. It gave them the opportunity to rotate and listen to the Ghent match, which we will play on Wednesday. This match was a difficult fight for us after the red card. Despite this, our friends struggled. The league has compensation. There is nothing we can do. We will now prepare for the Ghent game on Wednesday Because I think Başakşehir’s historic match. We are in 12th place in the country ranking. Both our match, Fenerbahçe’s and Sivasspor’s match are very important for the country score. In the past, in the Copenhagen match, I made an announcement about terrorism, ‘One of us and all of us. I made a call that we are all for one. Today, I want to make the following call, we are living the disaster of the century, we are still suffering in the earthquake. Ours is very warm. We will donate all the proceeds of this match to the earthquake victim region. My call from here, to all colors. We will also call on all our club presidents. I want to invite all of them. I am waiting for all our colors, our fans, our Başakşehir fans, our district, everyone. This match is as important as the national match. We want to eliminate Gent. We are playing the 50th game in a different way for us. We played an average of 6 European matches each year. This is no easy feat. We always say, we have Europe in our DNA. Başakşehir always gets good results in Europe. If we win the Gent match, we will be the team that earns the most points for the country points. That’s why we are waiting for all football fans to the Gent match,” he said.
When asked about his goals in Europe, Gümüşdağ said, “From now on, I think every match will be a final more than the opponent. I believe that we want to eliminate Gent and climb towards the final. I hope it will be a very important thing for the country. Our goal is to pass the Ghent match first.” replied.